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Private Residence – San Diego, CA
Building: Private Residence
Location: San Diego, California
Status: On hold
Architect: Zaha Hadid
AE Interests: Free form concrete structure, complex geometry, cantilevered concrete forms
Milstein Hall – Ithaca, New York
Building: Milstein Hall, Cornell University
Location: Ithaca, New York
Completion: October 2011
Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas
Client: Cornell University
AE Interests: Long span, 50 foot cantilever with exposed structure.
Milstein Hall Steel – Ithaca, New York
Building: Milstein Hall Steel
Location: Ithaca, New York
Completion: 2011
Architect: OMA
Architect of Record: KHA Architects
Structural Engineering: Robert Silman Associates
Bao’an Stadium – Shenzen, China
Building: Bao’an Stadium
Location: Shenzen, China
Completion: 2011
Architect: GMP Architekten
Lighting Design: Schlotfeld Licht
AE Interest: Double tension ring beam, pre-tensioned cable roof, steel columns mimic bamboo forest
Metropol Parasol – Seville, Spain
Building: Metropol Parasol
Location: Seville, Spain
Completion: 2012
Architect: Jürgen Mayer H
Structural Engineer: ARUP
AE Interests: Upon completion, the Metropol Parasol will be the largest wooden structure in the world
City Hall – London, United Kingdom
Building: City Hall
Location: 110 The Queens Walk
Completed: 2002
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: Ken Shuttleworth
Structural Engineer: Arup
Contractor: Mace and Waagner Buro AG
AE Interests: Distorted glass sphere that improves energy efficiency
Slowtecture S – Shiga, Japan
Building: Slowtecture S
Location: Shiga, Japan
Completion: 2002
Architect: Shuhei Endo
AE Interests: Structural Steel Framing system, used as a complex culture center
Refraction House – Aichi, Japan
Building: Refraction House
Location: Aichi, Japan
Completion: 2000
Architect: Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama + AMORPHE
AE Interests: Distorted box composed of small rectangular concrete tower
Rooftecture C – Hyogo, Japan
Building: Rooftecture C
Location: Hyogo, Japan
Completion: 2002
Architect: Shuhei Endo
AE Interests: Crematorium with a curved metal roof to match surrounding landscape
Springtecture H – Hyogo, Japan
Building: Springtecture H
Location: Hyogo, Japan
Completion: 1998
Architect: Shuhei Endo
AE Interests: Corrugated Steel Sheets used as formwork of the building to combine the interior and exterior of the building, created using form of independent spiral of steel sheets
Kansai Kan of the National Diet Library – Kyoto, Japan
Building: Kansai Kan of the National Diet Library
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Completion: 2002
Architect: Fumio Toki Associates
General Contractors: Takenaka Corporation
AE Interests: During construction, precast concrete methods for beams and floors were used to reduce formwork and reinforcement of temporary fixtures at the site
Nara Centennial Hall
Building: Nara Centenniel Hall
Location: Nara, Japan
Completion: 1998
Architect: Arata Isozaki & Associates
General Contractors: Obayashi Corporation
AE Interests: Built with new pantadome construction method which used precast concrete panels to erect side walls and roof simultaneously
Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum – Osaka, Japan
Building: Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum
Location: Osaka, Japan
Completion: 2001
Architect: Tado Ando
Structural Engineers: Asocoral Engineering Associates
General Contractors: Zenitaka Corporation
AE Interests: Curving glass corridor
Komyo-ji Temple – Ehime, Japan
Building: Komyo-ji Temple
Location: Ehime, Japan
Completion: 2000
Architect: Tadao Ando
AE Interests: Constructed with laminated wood which allowed for material uniformity and all of the wood to be used with no waste, combined water with wooden elements , single structure made up of multiple parts, complex wood framing that required extreme precision
Abeno House – Osaka, Japan
Building: Abeno House
Location: Osaka, Japan
Completion: 1999
Architect: Shotaro Suga Architects
AE Interests: Built for Shotara Suga, three story steel frame contruction
GC Osaka Building – Osaka, Japan
Building: GC Osaka Building
Location: Osaka, Japan
Completion: 2000
Architect: Shigeru Ban Architects
Architect on Record: Marunouchi Architects
Structural Engineers: Van Structural Design
Mechanical Engineers: Marunouchi Architects & Engineers
General Contractors: Kajima Corporation
AE Interests: To counter fire resistance codes, the exterior of the steel structure was covered with wood to act as a fire barrier, known as a “flammable barrier” design.
Reichstag Building Dome – Berlin, Germany
Building: New German Parliament Reichstag
Location: Ebertstraße 10117 Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Completed: 1999
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: Foster and Partners
Structural Engineer: Leonhardt, Andrae und Partner
Project Manager: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Projektsteuerung
AE Interests: Radical energy strategy, uses vegetable oil as bio-fuel
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts – Norwick, United Kingdom
Building: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Location: Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4
Completed: 1978
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: Foster and Partners
Engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates
AE Interests: Early exploration into lightweight, flexible structures
Crystal Island – Moscow, Russia
Building: Crystal Island
Location: Nagatino Peninsula
Completion: Approved
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: Foster and Partners
AE Interests: World’s largest building, a vast tent-like superstructure that acts as city inside a building for apartments, hotels, and schools
American Air Museum – Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Building: American Air Museum
Location: Cambridgeshire CB2 4QR
Completed: 1997
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: Foster and Partners
Structural Engineer: Arup
AE Interests: Single vault enclosure that is covered by a powerful arc
Milla Viaduct – Millau, Tarn Valley, France
Bridge: Milla Viaduct
Location: Millau, Tarn Valley, France
Completed: 2004
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: Chapelet-Defol-Mousseigne
Structural Engineering: EEG Simecsol and Greisch
Contractor: Eiffage Construction
Fabricator: Freyssinet (stay cables)
Launching Enerpac
Formwork: PERI Formwork and Scaffolding
AE Interests: Cable stayed masted structure with minimal intervention in the landscape
Capella Singapore – Singapore, Singapore
Building: Capella Singapore
Location: 1 The Knolls Sentosa Island
Completed: 2009
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: DP Architects Pte Ltd
Structural Engineer: Web Structures
Civil Engineer: Web Structures
Contractor: Tiong Seng Contractors
AE Interests: Integrating historic buildings into master plan by using natural contours of the site
Smithsonian American Art Museum – Washington, DC
Building: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: 1000 Jefferson Dr SW
Completed: 2007
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: Smith Group Inc.
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Roof Contractor: Josef Gartner
AE Interests: Roof composed of vaults that interlock to create soft curved valleys
Winspear Opera House – Dallas, Texas
Building: Winspear Opera House
Location: 2106 Boll St Dallas, TX
Completion: 2009
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: Spencer de Grey
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Acoustical Engineer: Sound Space Design
Construction: Linbeck
AE Interests: Grand shading structure at entrance, aluminum cladding, red glass facade, 2,200 seat auditorium, white gold-leaf balcony acoustic baffles, l.e.d. giant chandelier – retracts into ceiling. `
Video of chandelier retracting into ceiling
UT tour Dallas
Edited Oct2012 by GB.
California State University Channel Islands – Camarillo, California
California State University Channel Islands – Camarillo, CA
Building: California State University Channel Islands
Location: 1 University Dr, Camarillo, CA
Completed: 2008
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: Leo A Daly / Gruen Associates
Structural Engineer: THP Limited
Landscape Architect: AHBE
Contractor: HKA
AE Interests: Prominent roof canopy as an effective environmental device
